Chocolate Frosted Baked Vanilla Cake Doughnuts

Adapted from Family Circle Magazine April 2010

Doughnut pictured is what happens when you let a 2 year old put on her own sprinkles. :)

For the doughnuts:

1-1/4 cup all purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup fat free buttermilk

1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar

1/4 cup All Whites (1 egg)

1 tablespoons butter, melted

1 teaspoon vanilla

Heat oven to 325. Spray a doughnut pan with cooking spray.

In a large bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. In a mixing bowl combine buttermilk, brown sugar, All Whites, butter, and vanilla. Slowly add in flour mixture mixing just until smooth.

Put a Ziploc bag into a large plastic cup or glass. Turn down the edge of the bag over the sides of the cup. Spoon batter into bag. Cut off a corner and squeeze batter into prepared pan, about 2/3 full. Hit pan on counter a few times to even out batter.

Bake for 13 minutes or until doughnuts spring back when touched. Cool in pan 3 minutes then turn out onto rack to cool.

For the chocolate frosting:

1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

1/2 tablespoon cocoa powder

1 tablespoons milk

Sprinkles

Combine confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder, and milk in a shallow bowl. Stir until smooth. Dip cooled doughnuts into bowl and allow excess frosting to drip back into the bowl. Transfer to rack. Top with sprinkles.

Baked Apple Doughnuts

3 cups flour
1 cup brown sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp nutmeg
1 stick butter, softened
2 eggs
1 cup milk
4 apples (peeled, cored, & diced)

Topping:
spray butter
1 cup Sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350. Spray a mini muffin pan (doughnut holes) or mini bundt (fill 1/2 full so it stays the shape of a doughnut) with cooking spray.

Combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. Set aside.

Combine butter, eggs, & milk. Mix until well combined. Slowly add in dry ingredients until well mixed. Fold in apples.

Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

While baking combine sugar and cinnamon in a shallow bowl. When you remove the doughnuts from the oven spray them with spray butter and roll them in the cinnamon sugar.